Combined truck and bag-holder



(No ModeL) O. W. CAMP.

COMBINED TRUCK AND BAG HOLDER.

No. 315,719. Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

CALVIN XV. CAMP, OF CAMPTOVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED TRUCK AND BAG-HOLDER.

SPECEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,719, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed October 13, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom zit r11/ty concern:

Be it known that l, CALVIN W. CAMP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gamptown, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Truck and Bag-Holder, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a combined truck and bag-holder, my objectlbeing to construct the same so that it shall be simpie,light, cheap, and durable; and the invention consists in cer tain novel features hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out inthe claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation, Fig. 2 a plan View, and Fig. 8 a longitudinal section,of a combined truck and bag-holder constructed in accordance with my invention, and a detached perspective ofthe bag-holding head ji. Fig. 4 is a det-ail of the sliding table.

Like letters indicate like parts in all the iigures.

A represents a suitable bed or side rails,the ends of which are extended to form handles A.

To the rails A are secured slanting beams A, which rest upon the axle, and which are connected with the side rails, A, by suitable upright braces, A3 A. The frame-work thus formed is provided with legs B. The wheels C are j ournaled on the lower faces of the beams A? at D.

E represents a sliding table having the usual end board, E', said table being of such a width as to iit in between the side rails, A.

To the under side of the table E is secured a cleat, El, which is chamfered, shouldered, or cut away at both ends, as at E3, said cut-away portions being adapted to t longitudinal ribs F, which are firmly secured to the inner faces of the rails A, so that said table, with the aid of suitable mechanism, hereinafter described, is adapted to be raised and lowered.

Near the handles A is journaled in the rails A a roller or drum, G, one end of which is provided with a crank, G, for the purpose of turning the same. The roller G is also provided, it may be at either end,with a ratchet, H, which is adapted to be engaged by a gravity-pawl, H', whereby said roller may be held in any desired position.

To the cleat or stop E?, for it may be called either with equal propriety, is secured, by any suitable means-in this instance by passing through a hole therein-a rope or chain, I,

the other end of which is secured to the drum or roller G, whereby it is readily apparent that by revolving said drum by means of the cra-nk G the rope or chain will be wound around the same and the sliding table elevated to a desired height, and retained at said height by means of the pawl H engaging with the ratchet H. The rope l may be extended around a pulley in or on the cleat or stop E2, and to the fixed part of the frame-work near the roller. (See dot-ted lines, Fig. l.)

To the supports A are secured spring-arms J, which are pivoted by means of bolts J.

Said supports are made vertically adjustable for bags of different heights by means of holes be passed. are secured heads J, which are cut away, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 3, at J 4, and which may, or may not, as desired, be provided with teeth or sei-rations, to enable the same to take into the bag, but which serrations are not neeessary to the successful operation of the same, as the resiliency of the arms tending to spread them apart is sufficient to hold the mouth of the bag Xin position for filling, while its base rests upon the board E.

To limit the movement of the spring-arms, both when their upper ends are swung outwardly to hold a bag in position for lling and when released from the bag to prevent the liability of their being strained by spring; ing back, and also to serve as a support for the same when out of position, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. l, I provide the guides K, which may be secured in any suitable manner to the frame-work of the truck. The wheels C being located so that the slanting rails or beams A2 project beyond them, the truck, when turned in a vertical position, stands firmly on the ends of said beams A2 and of the side rails, A, as shown in Fig.l l, the dotted line repre senting a door. New, it will be seen that to place a bag in position to be lled it is simply necessary to turn the truck in a vertical position, swing the upper ends of the arms outwardly, and spring the arms J toward each other, so that the mouth of the bag may be J2, through either of which the bolts J may i To the upper ends of said armsl ICO entirely removed the truck is adapted for usev caught by the grippers or heads J 3, said grippers being downwardly projecting anges formed by cutting away a portion of the heads J3, as above described. Then by releasing the arms the bag X will be held, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with its mouth open, by reason of the tendency of the arms to spring apart at their upper ends. The bag being filled, the arms are released therefrom and spring back into their normal position, the bag is tied and wheeled off to a (wagon, or it may be an elevated platform, to be taken loaded into cars, when the sliding table is elevated by means of the crank G, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 3, and the bag tilted off upon said wagon or platform, as the case may be. The ratchet being released, the sliding table will resume its normal position,` the cleat orstop E2 abutting against the tie-bar A5, and be ready for the next bag. If vit be desirable to use the truck simply as such, the spring-arms may be thrown ont ofposition, as shown by dot-ted lines, Fig. l.l The sliding table, by being provided with only one cleat or stop, is capable of being withdrawn, the cleat passing betweenl the ends of the ribs and the roller, and the table can then be used for other purposes-such as, for example, a gang-plank, one. end resting upon the roller G, and when in moving barrels and similar packages.

No claim is herein laid to the construction of the truck or the sliding table, except in such features as co-operate with the spring-arms to constitute a combinedtruck and bag-holder.

When in a vertical position, the foot-board restsiiatly upon the iioor, and is therefore relieved from solely supporting the weight of the bag and its contents, the arms J 'being adjustable to bags of varying heights when being filled.

I have hereinbefore stated that the bag is held by the grippers or heads J 3 with its mouth open. The grippers or heads are of such a width that when inserted within the bag its mouth is opened (see Fig. 3, the full lines showing the bag X in section) sufficiently to permit the entrance of a scoop or measure, and to receive substancesV therefrom.

Having fully described my invention and its operation, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a truck, of spring bag-holding arms adjustably pivoted at opposite sides to theframe, substantially as specified.

2. rIhe combination, with a truck, of' spring bag-holding arms pivoted at opposite sides thereof, and guides for limiting the outward movement of said arms, and for retaining the same in Contact with the sides of the framework of the-truck, substantially as specified.

3. rIhe combination, with the truck, of the spring-arms J, provided with the bag-holding heads or grippers J3 J, and, apertures` JF, the

bolts J, and the guides K, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.`

CALVIN NV. CAMP. Vitnesses: M. S. GAMB,

T. A. BREUGEN. 

